# 起性
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sèng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: khí-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qysexng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/

### Verb

起性
* (Hokkien) to lose one's temper; to get into a huff; to throw a tantrum

#### Synonyms

* 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
* 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
* 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
* 使氣 / 使气 (shǐqì)
* 使癖 (Hokkien)
* 使頸 / 使颈 (sai$^2$ geng$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 冒煙 / 冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
* 動怒 / 动怒 (dòngnù)
* 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
* 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
* 大怒 (dànù)
* 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
* 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
* 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
* 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
* 急 (jí)
* 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
* 惱怒 / 恼怒 (nǎonù)
* 惹氣 / 惹气 (rěqì)
* 惱火 / 恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
* 戳火 (cuah$^4$ hue$^2$) (Jin)
* 掛氣 / 挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
* 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
* 有氣 / 有气 (yǒuqì)
* 氣 / 气
* 氣惱 / 气恼 (qìnǎo)
* 火大 (huǒdà)
* 火癀 (Hokkien)
* 燒色 / 烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
* 爆氣 / 爆气
* 犯脾氣 / 犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
* 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
* 生氣 / 生气 (shēngqì)
* 癀發 / 癀发 (Hokkien)
* 發呴 / 发呴 ($^7$faq $^1$heu) (Wu)
* 發性地 / 发性地 (Hokkien)
* 發火 / 发火 (fāhuǒ)
* 發癀 / 发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 發老脾 / 发老脾 (faat$^3$ lou$^5$ pei$^{4-2}$) (Cantonese)
* 發脾四 / 发脾四 (faat$^3$ pei$^4$ sei$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 發脾氣 / 发脾气 (fā píqi)
* 發臉 / 发脸 (Hokkien)
* 發輦 / 发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 發飆 / 发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
* 盛怒 (shèngnù)
* 瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
* 耍態度 / 耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
* 耍脾氣 / 耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
* 苦氣 / 苦气 (Hokkien)
* 見氣 / 见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
* 起性地 (Hokkien)
* 起火
* 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
* 震怒 (zhènnù)
* 鬧脾氣 / 闹脾气 (nào píqi)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 發脾氣, 發橫, 發火, 發作, 鬧脾氣, 使性子, 耍脾氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 犯葛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 發脾氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 發毛殃, 跳老虎神, 耍驢, 耍磨磨丟, 耍狗駝子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 發脾氣 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 犯肝氣, 放肝氣, 犯勁, 犯態度, 犯性 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 發火, 發脾氣, 發火兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 發氣, 發火兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毷, 氉, 躁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 發脾氣, 耍脾氣, 使性子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耍脾氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 動乃夫斯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 發脾氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 發火, 冒火, 發氣, 發毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 發脾氣, 發火 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 發火, 發毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鬼火綠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 發脾氣, 發氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 來火, 惱火 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 動火, 起毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 動火, 發毛, 發絿, 發躁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 使脾氣, 發脾氣, 使頸, 發狼戾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發脾氣, 發老脾, 發脾四, 發爛渣, 發狼戾 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 火屎, 使頸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 發脾氣, 發朱砂 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 發火 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 發火, 發作, 發狠, 發性 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 發性 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 發態度 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 發性 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 發切 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 發豬癲 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 發性 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 發氣, 發性 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 發脾氣 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 發性子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 發火, 發作 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 發火, 發作 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 發火 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 發毛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 發毛, 毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 起花光 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 使乃, 使橫, 使色水, 發性, 發性地, 發臉, 發癀, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 起否面, 起雄, 張 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 使性, 使性地, 侍體, 使橫, 發性地, 發臉, 癀發, 訛神, 起性, 起性地, 起雄, 張 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 使性, 使癖, 使性地, 使體, 發火癀, 發性, 發性地, 癀發, 起猌神, 起性, 起性地, 張 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 發性地 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 起性地 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 發性地 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 使性地 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 發性地 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 起性地 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 發脾氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 起性地, 發性地, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 浮性 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 發火 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 發火, 發性, 發惱, 氣火, 火性著, 性著, 火著 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 發嬲, 火起 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 光火, 發脾氣, 發毛, 發格, 發火, 發飆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 光火 |
| Wu | Danyang | 發態度, 發火, 發脾氣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 發火 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 光火 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 發脾氣 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 發火, 火 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 發氣, 發脾氣, 發火, 發老毛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 發脾氣, 發火 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 發火 |

### Adverb

起性
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) simply; just

#### Synonyms

* 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
* (Hokkien) 規氣／规气, 起性地